Digital Archives - MedCity News https://medcitynews.com/tag/digital/ Healthcare technology news, life science current events Tue, 17 Oct 2023 00:10:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 https://medcitynews.com/uploads/2021/03/cropped-mblue-32x32.png Digital Archives - MedCity News https://medcitynews.com/tag/digital/ 32 32 40682243 FDA Forms New Digital Health Advisory Committee to Cover Growing Role of Tech https://medcitynews.com/2023/10/fda-forms-new-digital-health-advisory-committee-to-cover-growing-role-of-tech/ https://medcitynews.com/2023/10/fda-forms-new-digital-health-advisory-committee-to-cover-growing-role-of-tech/#respond Sun, 15 Oct 2023 16:15:18 +0000 https://medcitynews.com/?p=651888

The FDA’s digital health advisory committee will discuss technologies such as artificial intelligence and machine learning, virtual reality, and digital therapeutics as well as topics like decentralized clinical trials and patient-generated health data. Committee member nominations are due in December.

]]> https://medcitynews.com/2023/10/fda-forms-new-digital-health-advisory-committee-to-cover-growing-role-of-tech/feed/ 0 651888 SSM Health, Optum to enhance inpatient, RCM & digital services in new 10-year collaboration https://medcitynews.com/2021/10/ssm-health-optum-to-enhance-inpatient-rcm-digital-services-in-new-10-year-collaboration/ https://medcitynews.com/2021/10/ssm-health-optum-to-enhance-inpatient-rcm-digital-services-in-new-10-year-collaboration/#respond Mon, 11 Oct 2021 13:00:21 +0000 https://medcitynews.com/?p=553526

The St. Louis-based health system is collaborating with the UnitedHealth subsidiary to implement technology and processes that focus on improving care quality and reducing costs. Thousands of SSM Health employees will transition to Optum as part of the deal.

]]> https://medcitynews.com/2021/10/ssm-health-optum-to-enhance-inpatient-rcm-digital-services-in-new-10-year-collaboration/feed/ 0 553526 Cohere Health gains $36M to expand digital prior authorization platform https://medcitynews.com/2021/04/cohere-health-gains-36m-to-expand-digital-prior-authorization-platform/ https://medcitynews.com/2021/04/cohere-health-gains-36m-to-expand-digital-prior-authorization-platform/#respond Tue, 13 Apr 2021 10:35:05 +0000 https://medcitynews.com/?p=524477

Cohere Health raised $36 million in a Series B funding round less than two years after its inception. It will use the new funds to expand its prior authorization platform and integrate health plan benefits to eliminate missed opportunities for care.

]]> https://medcitynews.com/2021/04/cohere-health-gains-36m-to-expand-digital-prior-authorization-platform/feed/ 0 524477 How Banner Health streamlined digital experience for patients across 29 hospitals https://medcitynews.com/2021/02/how-banner-health-streamlined-digital-experience-for-patients-across-29-hospitals/ https://medcitynews.com/2021/02/how-banner-health-streamlined-digital-experience-for-patients-across-29-hospitals/#respond Tue, 23 Feb 2021 23:25:30 +0000 https://medcitynews.com/?p=516263 digital health, telehealth, telemedicine,

Alexandra Morehouse, chief marketing officer at Banner Health, spoke to MedCity News about how the 29-hospital system made changes to patients’ digital experience amid the Covid-19 pandemic and the types of technology that helped drive the changes.

]]> https://medcitynews.com/2021/02/how-banner-health-streamlined-digital-experience-for-patients-across-29-hospitals/feed/ 0 516263 Ochsner Health System and Pfizer team up to rethink clinical trials https://medcitynews.com/2019/02/ochsner-health-system-pfizer/ https://medcitynews.com/2019/02/ochsner-health-system-pfizer/#respond Wed, 20 Feb 2019 22:06:00 +0000 https://medcitynews.com/?p=451265 hospital

The aim of their collaboration is to improve the patient clinical trial experience and ease participation in clinical research for patients and healthcare professionals.

]]> https://medcitynews.com/2019/02/ochsner-health-system-pfizer/feed/ 0 451265 Dignity Health, UCSF Health team on digital patient engagement tool https://medcitynews.com/2018/07/dignity-health-ucsf-health/ https://medcitynews.com/2018/07/dignity-health-ucsf-health/#respond Sun, 22 Jul 2018 21:00:12 +0000 https://medcitynews.com/?p=443934 patient engagement

The two San Francisco-based entities have collaborated to create a digital platform aimed at helping patients navigate their care journey and connect with providers.

]]> https://medcitynews.com/2018/07/dignity-health-ucsf-health/feed/ 0 443934 The patient experience: Where the digital and healthcare worlds overlap https://medcitynews.com/2018/05/patient-experience-digital/ https://medcitynews.com/2018/05/patient-experience-digital/#respond Mon, 21 May 2018 23:36:28 +0000 https://medcitynews.com/?p=442133 Computer generated image of shopping cart on laptop. E-commerce concept.

A new consumer survey from Doctor.com found 80 percent of patients have used the Internet to make a healthcare-related search in the past year.

]]> https://medcitynews.com/2018/05/patient-experience-digital/feed/ 0 442133 Which features of healthcare apps do patients desire most? https://medcitynews.com/2018/04/healthcare-apps-patients/ https://medcitynews.com/2018/04/healthcare-apps-patients/#respond Mon, 16 Apr 2018 16:20:02 +0000 https://medcitynews.com/?p=440928 phone, text, texting, cell phone, smartphone

A new Verndale survey of nearly 500 individuals from found consumers most strongly want healthcare apps to provide the ability to manage appointments.

]]> https://medcitynews.com/2018/04/healthcare-apps-patients/feed/ 0 440928 OSF Ventures invests in PatientWisdom https://medcitynews.com/2017/10/osf-ventures-patientwisdom/ https://medcitynews.com/2017/10/osf-ventures-patientwisdom/#respond Fri, 06 Oct 2017 17:19:40 +0000 https://medcitynews.com/?p=434784

The corporate investment arm of Peoria, Illinois-based OSF HealthCare is investing in the New Haven, Connecticut-based company’s technology, which seeks to improve the patient experience.

]]> https://medcitynews.com/2017/10/osf-ventures-patientwisdom/feed/ 0 434784 Thinking Digital: We Can Do Better Than Just Apps [Sponsored] https://medcitynews.com/2017/09/thinking-digital-can-better-just-apps/ https://medcitynews.com/2017/09/thinking-digital-can-better-just-apps/#respond Tue, 12 Sep 2017 15:14:19 +0000 https://medcitynews.com/?p=432838

With the advent of digital technology, pharma and med device companies need to start rethinking […]

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Recently, MedCity News spoke with a pair of top executives at global supercomputing …

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